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31 August 2011

{something sweet dreams}: a bedroom makeover in parts

The dreamy bedroom makeover is pretty much complete, as complete as I get. I always find something to change. This is the display above our bed. Instead of a headboard, I went with a sheer tulle and garden lights, which is delightfully romantic. I picked up the gold frames thrifting when I was home visiting with my sister--and it was half price day! So the total was probably close to $5 for all four of them, maybe less.

On the insides of the frames, I initially cut out the letters L-O-V-E from a vintage map. But as I was organizing and decluttering, I discovered our maps from our Italy trip. I revised the maps to be the streets of Florence and Rome. I might revise again with the pages of an awesome atlas I found this summer, switching the letters to something else and having more places we've traveled.

The letters alone weren't cutting it for me, so I let my mind marinate like caramel sauce in a sticky toffee pudding until I dreamt up the perfect final touch: It all started with a karaoke night on a hill under the stars.

It reads so sweetly. And it's the perfect personal note to how JV and I began. Our close friends know that it started in August, on a hill, in Kirksville, Mo., on a karaoke night, during our freshman week of college, under the stars.

I decided to print the poetic phrase onto some vellum I've had in my stash since college. The font is lt chickenhawk {a freebie at dafont}. I might revise it to since I've acquired Lady Rene. But for now it's nothing but sweet, sweet dreams.

Hooray for prepositional phrases! I feel like a real detective for correctly guessing that you and Johnny met at Freshman Week karaoke night. One of the things I love about Truman is that it's big enough to not know everything about everyone, yet small enough to have shared experiences. My life didn't change forever that night, but I do remember being there and having a great time. Hope you're able to rest up from your bad week. Happy early Birthday!

this is the sweetest. i love it. helps you remember the first time you met your love.

i would love for you to link this up to flashback fridays.flashback friday is a new link party i started for bloggers to link up old posts, vintage finds, pretty much anything that comes to mind with the word flash back! you can check it out here:http://lovenotesbylauryn.blogspot.com/2011/09/introducingflashback-fridays.html

About Me

A sweet hello to you, readers. I'm Katie, and in my shop I go by katie scarlett. I'm a lifetime artist who enjoys filling up every last page of my sketchbook with quotes, notes, and pretty designs. During summer, I'm a full-time artist and poet; during the year I'm a full time high school English teacher. I have a box of poetry and stories I've yet to publish under my bed. I enjoy taking photos, baking, and styling my hair all sorts of beautiful. I'm married to the love of my life, and we hope to travel the world over and back together, forever and ever. For more about me, please check out the rest of my blog. It chronicles my year of not buying a single new thing in 2010:) And I've posted lots of artful and crafty diys.